FE568 1 This is EDIS document FE568 a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics Florida Cooperative Extension Service Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences University of ID: 399968
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FE568 Nutritional Composition and Marketable Shelf-Life of Blood Ark Clams and Ponderous Ark ClamsLeslie N. Sturmer, Kimberly L. Morgan, and Robert L. Degner 1. This is EDIS document FE568, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published August 2005, updated 2009. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.2. Leslie N. Sturmer, Levy County Extension Agent, Cedar Key, FL; Kimberly L. Morgan, Coordinator of Economic Analysis, and Robert L. Degner, Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, Millie Ferrer,DeanIntroductionThe rapid growth of Florida's hard clam industry over the past decade has motivated aquaculturists to explore alternative molluscan species, which could reduce exposure to production risks and potentially increase sales and profitability, expanding clam consumers' options. The Blood Ark (Anadara and the Ponderous Ark (Noetia ponderosa) The overall objective of this study was to determine the market potential of Blood Ark and Ponderous Ark clams in the United States. The study was conducted in three phases during 2003 and 2004. were available. In Phase II, firms identified in Phase I properties, and to estimate potential sales through their respective firms. Detailed results concerning report can be found on the website of the Florida Agricultural Market Research Center under Phase III determined the nutritional composition of each species and the shelf life under typical Mercenaria .